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Originally Posted by RustyShackleford Anybody ever had this happen ? For awhile, I've been noticing a nasty smell come out of my washing machine when the water starts flowing.

If the smell comes out of the hot-water faucets around the house then it's a problem with the water heater-- maybe the anode rod.

If the smell comes out of all the house's water faucets then it's sulfur in the water, but I'm not sure how that would get into the water if you haven't already been living with it.

If there are dark spots or stains on the clothes coming out of the washer, then you have an oil leak that the bacteria think is yummy.

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Originally Posted by RustyShackleford Thoughts ? Thanks ! P.S. It's a 20-year old Maytag top-loader.

Yeah, I have a thought. Ye gods, man, stop wasting your valuable troubleshooting time and buy yourself a Kenmore EnergyStar washing machine. You'll save enough electricity in the first few years to pay back the cost of replacing that Maytag monster. A front-loader will also spin the clothes hard enough to save a lot of dryer electricity/gas, too.

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Originally Posted by Sarah in SC I've had some "funkanation" emanating from mine a time or two as well.

When I was living in Mount Pleasant nearly 25 years ago, I'd leave every three months for a three-month submarine patrol. I'd drink clean water for those patrols since submarines distill water onboard and make pretty much the closest thing to pure water. After the patrol, for the first few days that I'd be back to my condo, the municipal water would smell/taste horribly of sulfur. After that I'd get used to it and stop noticing the difference... until after the next patrol.